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Terrifying pictures show a huge swarm of bees covering a vehicle left in a supermarket car park.

Shoppers fled in panic when the swarm consisting of hundreds of bees settled on the back of a Honda SUV. Witnesses said the bees first landed on a Ford in the car park of Asda, a British supermarket chain, in Cornwall, before moving onto the second vehicle.

A local beekeeper was shopping in the supermarket in southwest England at the time and returned in protective gear before getting bees into a box and transporting them to a hive somewhere.

A Honda SUV is covered in a swarm of bees in a car park in Cornwall, England.McCoys Media/SWNS

One of the people who snapped the bees, Kerrie Williams, described being “flabbergasted.”

“I can’t believe what I saw,” she said.

However, bee expert Rick Cornwall said that sort of behavior isn’t abnormal and shouldn’t present any immediate danger.

“They are harmless and docile like that if left alone. If it’s your property they are resting on call a beekeeper or the council.

“They are in the process of moving house and swarming is natural. It is also one of nature’s wonders like birds flocking. Bees will only sting if angered and in defense of the hive — it’s fatal for the bee — so allow them to do their thing, keep calm and keep kids away.”